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Looking For Help Setting Up A Dead Center In The Headstock, 1948 SB-9C
Hi everyone-
I'm tooling up to do a job using a Dog Leg. I've never done this type of setup before, and this is a 'new-to-me' SB-9C.
I understand the faceplate, and the dog leg, and the live center at the tailstock. Its the fitment of a dead center in the headstock that I'm confused about.
I've read that the MT taper in the SB headstock is not quite at 3MT, but it's larger than a 2MT. Is this true?
If so, is it typical to use a 1/2 (0.5) MT adapter sleeve on a 2MT dead center? This would make the dead center 2-1/2 MT, I guess.
Where can I get adapter sleeves, or even 2-1/2 MT dead centers?
If I'm way off base here, what should I be doing instead?
Hi everyone-
I'm tooling up to do a job using a Dog Leg. I've never done this type of setup before, and this is a 'new-to-me' SB-9C.
I understand the faceplate, and the dog leg, and the live center at the tailstock. Its the fitment of a dead center in the headstock that I'm confused about.
I've read that the MT taper in the SB headstock is not quite at 3MT, but it's larger than a 2MT. Is this true?
If so, is it typical to use a 1/2 (0.5) MT adapter sleeve on a 2MT dead center? This would make the dead center 2-1/2 MT, I guess.
Where can I get adapter sleeves, or even 2-1/2 MT dead centers?
If I'm way off base here, what should I be doing instead?
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